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Well it’s another Friday Pixlbit, and that means another Quick Hits! Of course in this installment there will be some game talk because I knocked another one off of Mount Backlog! Hope you are all staying warm

 

It’s cold (for Southern California), the heater is on, and yet I’m sitting next to a fan. I know this isn't cold for parts of the country, but when you wear shorts for 99% of the year, it's cold. Anyways let’s get into another edition of Quick Hits With Chris

 

The Sound Of Music

So I really like The Sound Of Music, and when I heard NBC was making a Live version with

 

Whom I also really like, it was a no brainer for me to watch. After watching I did like it because it was live, even though it was filmed like it was a Soap Opera. I don’t get the hate that some have towards it, especially with the comparisons to the movie. They’re both good in their own ways. The live show was quaint, the acting could have been better, but I do appreciate the challenge the actors took in doing a Live show, and I do enjoy the storyline of the Von Trapp family. I will buy this version when it gets released.

 

Paul Walker and Fast and Furious Franchise

I don’t know if you know, but I am a big fan of the Fast and the Furious Franchise, and it was sad to hear that Paul Walker died. I can't say I was a fan of his work but I did like a couple of films other than the F&F, like Varsity Blues, She’s All That, and The Skulls. F&F posted this, which I thought was a fitting tribute

I liked the F&F films because in every version the theme of family was always at its core. Throw in crazy colored cars, over the top action, and the loud music, and that what my summer movies were. I don’t know if the series will continue, or how the writers will deal with his death, but I do hope it will be tasteful and similar to what they did in the Sopranos or Gladiator.

I thought I’d share some of my Fast and Furious gaming moments

 

Back when I was playing a ton of Midnight Club 3 on the PS2, I made some of the cars from the F&F films. Brian’s cars from 1 and 2, and I tried to make Han’s car from Tokyo Drift. It made the game more interesting, and my friends and I would recite our favorite/cheesy lines from the films

 

A couple of F&F games I played a bunch of (both of them are not very good, and I bought the PS3 game on release day)

 

I played tourist in LA one day, and spotted the buildings from the first film where Dom was organizing the race and Brian jumped in. When I went there this was the headquarters for American Apparel.

 

And finally the epic safe dragging scene from Fast 5…out of Lego. I do need to rebuild the cars Brian and Dom were driving.

 

Another Game Off Mount Backlog

Last night I finished the Story Mode for Forza Horizon. I had a lot of fun with this game, and I am thinking about buying the Rally add-on (this better be worth the $20). There are a bunch of cars and different races all around Colorado, and sometimes I do find myself just driving around checking out the scenery. I go more in depth about it in next week’s blog.

 

Game Icons Showing Up

I can’t remember who’s blog had a bunch of pixl video characters showing up around Texas, but this popped up on my Instagram feed, and I thought I’d share it here. Looks like those characters are in Japan as well.

 

Stay Classy Ron Burgundy

So during ESPN there was a segment where Ron Burgundy interviewed Peyton Manning, and Ron mentioned he was a scout team QB for San Diego State, and the fans ran with it. One of the fans and guy who designs the shirts for the student section The Show made this and the official athletics site posted it over social media

 

Ron with legendary SDSU coach Don Coryell.

 

My favorite PS3 trophy

 

From Grid 2

 

Pickups!

 

Games

I found a couple of Android games to try out, and best part is that they are free!

 

A couple of quick notes about them

Sonic: It’s about time Sega made a Temple Run game with Sonic

Hunger Games: A movie tie-in game, might not be good, but worth a shot

Galaxy On Fire 2: I remember buying this on iOS

Zenonia 5: Another game I tried on iOS many moons ago

 

From the X-Box Game Store (what do you call their version of PS Store?). I think these were part of their Cyber Sale

 

I don’t know anything about the Witcher 2, but it sounded interesting enough to try out for $7.

 

For X-Box Arcade, I picked up these two games and their DLC (Motocross’ DLC was actually cost more than the actual game)

 

I saw an ad on the dashboard for this yesterday for $2. I have it on N64, and now on 360. I think I’ll give it a try on the 360 before jumping into Perfect Dark Zero.

 

Music

Through the Apple Store App they were giving away an 8 song Christmas Sampler

 

And not to be outdone, Google Play Store also has some free music

 

Some CDs

 

Added a new Christmas CD and Britney’s new one (I know, SMH)

 

And of course those CDs included my 4^th copy of the Sound of Music Soundtrack

 

A couple of Digital pickups. One album and one single

 

This is a pretty good Christmas album. Usually when someone tries to make their own Christmas songs, they’re not very good, but I’m a fan of One More Sleep.

 

This was an impulse buy, and well I need to give it a couple of listens before I decide if I like it or not.

 

And with that, this edition of Quick Hits comes to an end. Stay warm Pixlbit!

 

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris